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...our native landscapes, but nothing borrowed from books, — nothing transplanted from a foreign soil. WHITHER, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Par through their rosy depths dost thou pursue Thy solitary way 1 Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark...

...Plash'-y, watery. Pur-su'e, continue. Shel'-tered, protected. Sol'-i-ta-ry, louely. Zo'ne, region. WHITHER, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Par, through the rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way? COMMON WHITE SPOONBILL. Vainly the...

...into the assenting azure, this seer uttered reposefully the deepest words of his philosophy : — " Whither, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens...their rosy depths dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? " There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast, The desert and illimitable...

...manuscript illustrated is one that Bryant copied out in the last year of his life. To a Waterfowl. Whither, midst falling dew, / While glow the heavens.../ Vainly the fowler's eye / Might mark thy distant ftight, to do thee wrong, / As, darkly seen against the crimson sky, / Thy figure floats along. / Thou'rt...

...manuscript illustrated is one that Bryant copied out in the last year of his life. To a Waterfowl. Whither, midst falling dew, / While glow the heavens...day / Far through their rosy depths dost thou pursue I Thy solitary way? / Vainly the fowler's eye / Might mark thy distant flight, to do thee wrong, /...

...thee nor will let thee pass Ungreeted, and shall give its light embrace. (1815; 1817) TO A WATERFOWL Whither, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens...thou pursue Thy solitary way? Vainly the fowler's eye s Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly seen against the crimson sky,1 Thy figure...

...mind, and a fine sense of effect in throwing its figure on the back ground of the "crimson sky," amid the pricks of nettles' But the merits which possibly have had most weight in the public estimation of the poem, are the melody...